On 02/27/2009 11:33 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Thursday 26 February 2009 18:14:14 Ron Johnson wrote:On 02/26/2009 05:28 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:That is, unless you are trying to script the package manager. In that case I think apt-get or libapt are better choices.Then aptitude should remove the CLI interface and stop pretending to be useful from bash.While I understand the value of commands being scriptable, not every command-line application I use is. I'm fine with aptitude not being as scriptable as apt-get as long and apt-get stays available.Aptitude can be useful in scripts. I've done it before. However, it was designed to be used interactively and non-interactive operation is a bit second-class.Apt-get has some limitations to working non-interactively as well. When debconf needs some information or conflict resolution is sticky, it really does help to have a person to query.
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